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Specify the Synthetic Schedule for a Synthetic Full Backup

Arcserve Backup lets you specify the synthetic schedule for synthetic full backups. The synthetic schedule lets you define when to execute synthetic full backup jobs and options for specifying the schedule for real full backup jobs.

To specify the synthetic schedule for a synthetic full backup

1. Open the Backup Manager and click the Start tab.

   On the Start tab, select either Normal backup or Deduplication backup, and Enable Staging and Enable Synthetic Full Backup.

2. Click the Schedule tab.
3. Specify the following synthetic schedule and options as required for the job:

   Synthetic after backup job

   Lets you specify the amount of time in hours and minutes that must elapse before Arcserve Backup executes a synthetic full backup (not a real full backup) after the last incremental backup job.

   Synthetic Schedule

   Lets you specify the synthetic schedule. You specify the number of weeks or months that elapse before a synthetic full backup is executed, and the day of the week to execute the synthetic full backup. Based on the schedule type, you can specify the day of the week and the week of the month to execute the synthetic full backup.

   Do full backup

   Lets you specify whether to execute a real full backup (not a synthetic full backup), and the frequency of this backup.

   Note: Specifying a real full backup changes a backup method (incremental/differential) to a real full backup.